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NYT Crossword Answers for May 12, 2002

Sunday, May 12, 2002 · 140 clues

This page lists the NYT Crossword from Sunday, May 12, 2002: 140 clues, each with its answer behind a reveal button. For the newest puzzle, go to today's NYT Crossword answers.

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Across clues

  1. 1

    Coven participants

    4 letters Hints for Coven participants Clue page for Coven participants

  2. 5

    Globular

    5 letters Hints for Globular Clue page for Globular

  3. 10

    Places

    4 letters Hints for Places Clue page for Places

  4. 14

    They may be made with pads

    5 letters Hints for They may be made with pads Clue page for They may be made with pads

  5. 19

    Fit

    4 letters Hints for Fit Clue page for Fit

  6. 20

    Who so far has run a three-minute mile

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  7. 21

    Finalizes

    4 letters Hints for Finalizes Clue page for Finalizes

  8. 22

    Gleem competitor

    5 letters Hints for Gleem competitor Clue page for Gleem competitor

  9. 23

    ___ de vivre

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  10. 24

    What wakes people up in Washington?

    10 letters Hints for What wakes people up in Washington? Clue page for What wakes people up in Washington?

  11. 26

    1995 Oliver Stone film

    5 letters Hints for 1995 Oliver Stone film Clue page for 1995 Oliver Stone film

  12. 27

    Only a drug of forgetfulness?

    8 letters Hints for Only a drug of forgetfulness? Clue page for Only a drug of forgetfulness?

  13. 29

    "Buona ___" (Italian greeting)

    4 letters Hints for "Buona ___" (Italian greeting) Clue page for "Buona ___" (Italian greeting)

  14. 30

    Girl who's "the flower of my heart"

    7 letters Hints for Girl who's "the flower of my heart" Clue page for Girl who's "the flower of my heart"

  15. 32

    Places for cabins

    5 letters Hints for Places for cabins Clue page for Places for cabins

  16. 33

    Bite

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  17. 35

    Scope

    4 letters Hints for Scope Clue page for Scope

  18. 36

    ___-Roman

    6 letters Hints for ___-Roman Clue page for ___-Roman

  19. 38

    Hooting owl, maybe

    4 letters Hints for Hooting owl, maybe Clue page for Hooting owl, maybe

  20. 41

    Conglomerations

    8 letters Hints for Conglomerations Clue page for Conglomerations

  21. 45

    Time on end

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  22. 46

    Tibetan Christmas caroler?

    12 letters Hints for Tibetan Christmas caroler? Clue page for Tibetan Christmas caroler?

  23. 50

    "Let me explain ..."

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  24. 51

    It's sometimes delayed: Abbr.

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  25. 52

    Actress Hatcher

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  26. 53

    Topic for Ovid

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  27. 54

    Chiang ___-shek

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  28. 55

    Photographed a couple of Italian balloonists?

    16 letters Hints for Photographed a couple of Italian balloonists? Clue page for Photographed a couple of Italian balloonists?

  29. 61

    Supernatural spirit

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  30. 62

    The Colosseum, e.g., today

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  31. 63

    New York stadium name

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  32. 64

    Darling, in Dijon

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  33. 66

    Some pepper

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  34. 69

    Fray

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  35. 71

    It has a police record

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  36. 72

    Overplayed one's feelings

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  37. 73

    Jump from one foot to the other

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  38. 74

    Brute

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  39. 75

    They may be caught at the beach

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  40. 76

    What soprano Gluck says upon being introduced?

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  41. 83

    "Hold On Tight" grp.

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  42. 84

    Of mice and men?: Abbr.

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  43. 85

    Mayberry kid

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  44. 86

    Source of Rockefeller money

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  45. 87

    Order to a shooter

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  46. 88

    Frontier beliefs?

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  47. 92

    Prefix with phobia

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  48. 93

    Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind"

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  49. 95

    "A Beautiful Mind" fellow

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  50. 96

    Lidded box

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  51. 98

    It takes grubs for grub

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  52. 99

    Barbed, in a way

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  53. 102

    American Chicle Co. brand

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  54. 103

    Kind of block

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  55. 106

    Insightful

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  56. 108

    Semicolon?

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  57. 111

    Strikes

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  58. 112

    Veteran studio actress?

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  59. 115

    Capital of Iran

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  60. 116

    "Mon ___" (1958 French comedy)

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  61. 117

    Mother of Hermes

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  62. 118

    Brooklyn campus

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  63. 119

    "Live ___!"

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  64. 120

    Flood stoppers

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  65. 121

    Abbr. on 14-Across

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  66. 122

    Check recipient

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  67. 123

    Mock comment of understanding

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Down clues

  1. 1

    Muslim duty

    4 letters Hints for Muslim duty Clue page for Muslim duty

  2. 2

    ___ ben Adhem

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  3. 3

    Musical flourish

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  4. 4

    Burns

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  5. 5

    Over

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  6. 6

    Drifts

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  7. 7

    City just south of Delray

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  8. 8

    Rock's Brian

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  9. 9

    One side of the Senate, informally

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  10. 10

    Rehnquist's sign, appropriately

    5 letters Hints for Rehnquist's sign, appropriately Clue page for Rehnquist's sign, appropriately

  11. 11

    Main

    5 letters Hints for Main Clue page for Main

  12. 12

    Disney collectible

    3 letters Hints for Disney collectible Clue page for Disney collectible

  13. 13

    Mallorca, e.g.

    4 letters Hints for Mallorca, e.g. Clue page for Mallorca, e.g.

  14. 14

    County seat on Long Island

    7 letters Hints for County seat on Long Island Clue page for County seat on Long Island

  15. 15

    Conclusion

    6 letters Hints for Conclusion Clue page for Conclusion

  16. 16

    Nissan attire?

    11 letters Hints for Nissan attire? Clue page for Nissan attire?

  17. 17

    "___, upward thro' the golden air": Lindsay

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  18. 18

    Right-minded

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  19. 25

    Prudential competitor

    5 letters Hints for Prudential competitor Clue page for Prudential competitor

  20. 28

    Set (on)

    3 letters Hints for Set (on) Clue page for Set (on)

  21. 31

    1/8 ounce

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  22. 34

    Aplenty

    6 letters Hints for Aplenty Clue page for Aplenty

  23. 36

    Turns right

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  24. 37

    "Letting Go" novelist

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  25. 38

    Spreads on the table

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  26. 39

    Former Met Throneberry

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  27. 40

    Author Wiesel

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  28. 42

    School ___

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  29. 43

    Hardly Mr. Nice Guy

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  30. 44

    Certain fisherman

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  31. 47

    Priest's urging

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  32. 48

    Run out

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  33. 49

    Menotti opera character

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  34. 56

    Weight allowances

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  35. 57

    Harmonize

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  36. 58

    Blowing

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  37. 59

    Poe bird

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  38. 60

    Happy as ___

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  39. 61

    Beetle's relative

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  40. 65

    Women's wear

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  41. 66

    Life, for one

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  42. 67

    Charlotte ___, Virgin Islands

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  43. 68

    Playing two cellos at once, maybe?

    11 letters Hints for Playing two cellos at once, maybe? Clue page for Playing two cellos at once, maybe?

  44. 69

    Come back

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  45. 70

    Old name in coin-op games

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  46. 71

    Port of Brazil

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  47. 73

    Ill-fated lover

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  48. 74

    1935 Laughton part

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  49. 77

    Iridescent mineral

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  50. 78

    Musical ending

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  51. 79

    Mil. addresses

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  52. 80

    Key person

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  53. 81

    Swamp

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  54. 82

    Tons

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  55. 88

    Hosannas

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  56. 89

    Engine parts

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  57. 90

    Sign on an arrow

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  58. 91

    Transparency

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  59. 92

    Queens locale

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  60. 94

    Tobacco plug

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  61. 97

    Bend

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  62. 100

    ___ one

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  63. 101

    Reagan cabinet member

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  64. 102

    French nobleman

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  65. 103

    Temper

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  66. 104

    Old Dodge

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  67. 105

    Miss Woodhouse of fiction

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  68. 107

    Noted Shakespearean producer

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  69. 108

    Decisive time

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  70. 109

    1986 Art Spiegelman book

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  71. 110

    Food for Fido

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  72. 113

    Heater

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  73. 114

    Big guns in D.C.?

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